Post by: Xbox-Scene on July 29, 2008, 12:25:00 PM
First Picture of Xbox 360 'Opus' Motherboard Posted by XanTium | July 29 14:25 EST | News Category: Xbox360 |
| Electric Tuner over at the xbox-underground.net forums posted what seems to be the first picture of the Xbox360 'Opus' Motherboard. The 'Opus' is a 'Falcon' generation motherboard designed to fit in a Xenon case. So that means a 90nm GPU, a 65nm CPU and no HDMI port. Microsoft will probably mostly use these boards to return to people suffering from the RRoD on Xenon boards. That seems to match the with the picture below ... it has no HDMI port and while we cannot see the CPU/GPU chips it uses the new CPU heatsink and has less inductors next to the CPU which indicates it uses the 65nm chip. Also notice how this Opus board has the HANA scaler/video chip (like the zephyr/falcon boards) ... so it's maybe not impossible to hack your own native HDMI port to these motherboards. Picture News-Source: xbox-underground.net |
Post by: Reaper527 on July 29, 2008, 01:25:00 PM
i'll probably fill out the repair order next week or the week. hopefully i'll get back an opus, and it ends up being as stable as my falcon box.
Post by: Wilhelm_I on July 29, 2008, 01:30:00 PM
Why are they using the HANA chip if there is not even an HDMI port, this is pretty cheap.
All they did was create a new(old) AV plug...
If you get your hands on one check out if you can recover the HDMI port, the traces will most likely still be there....
Sounds quite cheap but since it is just a way to recycle the cases it is a "smart" move from a business point of view at least.
*EDIT*
LOL Just read the description, forget what I said here^^
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Post by: gamerfreak1727 on July 29, 2008, 01:35:00 PM
Post by: Ultraison on July 29, 2008, 02:52:00 PM
http://img3.imagebanana.com/view/oj5ujwdt/DSC00140.JPG
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Post by: eduardor2k on July 29, 2008, 03:00:00 PM
Good news, now i want to see it with a 65 nm GPU!
Post by: no0b123 on July 29, 2008, 03:16:00 PM
Post by: Bandit5317 on July 29, 2008, 04:11:00 PM
Post by: HSDEMONZ on July 29, 2008, 04:46:00 PM
(knock on wood)
Post by: jimbobjim on July 29, 2008, 05:36:00 PM
As we all know, 99% of 360 faults are GPU related, yet for some reason MS have failed to address this properly in any board revision.
Jasper will likely be the first reliable board.
Post by: HotKnife420 on July 29, 2008, 05:46:00 PM
I find it interesting that the Opus is toting a 90nm GPU and 65nm CPU. As long as we've been de-clamping boxes, you'd think they would've done it the other way around. Reminds me of an Aqua Teen episode..
Err: I said it was a bill. I thought you knew something I didn't.
Ignignokt: I DID know something I didn't...it just wasn't that.
Post by: Sarek on July 29, 2008, 05:49:00 PM
What's the latest word on Jasper? Any chance the 60 GB units will have Jasper?
Someone's already spotted some 60 GB units in the wild over here :
60 GB units spotted
Post by: Pseudo99 on July 29, 2008, 05:57:00 PM
changes in the board and heatsink, but I didn't know it was newsworthy. It was sent back from a RROD repair, too.
Post by: xannax on July 29, 2008, 06:28:00 PM
Post by: rrg on July 29, 2008, 06:43:00 PM
My mods keep my GPU cool now (I removed the DVD rom) but that whippy launch box CPU gets warm and starts the fans a spinning.
Post by: Wilhelm_I on July 29, 2008, 07:42:00 PM
QUOTE(rrg @ Jul 30 2008, 03:19 AM) 
I want that CPU heat sink.
My mods keep my GPU cool now (I removed the DVD rom) but that whippy launch box CPU gets warm and starts the fans a spinning.
You dont want that CPU heatsink because it is worse.
The only reason why they changed it is because it is cheaper and since the CPU runs cooler it doesnt have to be cooled as well as the 90nm ones...
Post by: pinkerton on July 30, 2008, 02:52:00 AM
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Post by: Bandit5317 on July 30, 2008, 03:29:00 AM
QUOTE(pinkerton @ Jul 30 2008, 05:28 AM) 
I dont see the point in these. Wouldnt it have been cheaper to just replace with a falcon machine rather than design and build a new board.
The point of it not having an HDMI port is that way Microsoft can re-use old 360 cases.
QUOTE(Sarek @ Jul 29 2008, 08:25 PM)
What's the latest word on Jasper? Any chance the 60 GB units will have Jasper?
Someone's already spotted some 60 GB units in the wild over here :
60 GB units spotted
That's really anyone's guess, but if Microsoft intends on installing Jasper motherboads in the 60 gig models, then I doubt it will be in all of them right off the bat. They will probably want to get rid of there old stock of Falcons first. Like when the Falcons first launched, hit and miss as far as whether or not you'd get one. Either way, with them beginning to hit shelves, I'm sure we'll know soon.
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Post by: bucko on July 30, 2008, 07:07:00 AM
Post by: cylent on July 30, 2008, 09:14:00 AM
QUOTE(Wilhelm_I @ Jul 30 2008, 06:18 AM)
You dont want that CPU heatsink because it is worse.
The only reason why they changed it is because it is cheaper and since the CPU runs cooler it doesnt have to be cooled as well as the 90nm ones...
so since i have a dead motherboard with an old CPU heatsink (the one with the pipe) shall i use that instead of the new in my new falcon elite?
Post by: ONI5 on July 31, 2008, 12:38:00 AM
QUOTE(pinkerton @ Jul 30 2008, 10:28 AM)
I dont see the point in these. Wouldnt it have been cheaper to just replace with a falcon machine rather than design and build a new board.
Some people have signed cases or decorative art (skins or whatnot) that they would like to keep.
Post by: DuBob4432 on July 31, 2008, 03:48:00 AM
QUOTE(cylent @ Jul 30 2008, 08:50 AM)
so since i have a dead motherboard with an old CPU heatsink (the one with the pipe) shall i use that instead of the new in my new falcon elite?
it can't hurt
Post by: Death Row on July 31, 2008, 07:50:00 AM
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Post by: Onimu on July 31, 2008, 09:18:00 AM
Post by: fahrenheit on July 31, 2008, 10:05:00 PM
QUOTE(Onimu @ Aug 1 2008, 03:54 AM)
So the only way that we can tell if its an Opus board or not without open up Xbox360 is from the CPU heatsink.. I get my return from MS about 2 weeks ago and its still has old CPU heatsink.
The key is to look at that power socket on the console.
MS can't have people randomly plugging in 175w power bricks into 203w motherboards, so they notched the original sockets with a little peg. The peg isn't there on the Falcon/Opus boards so both 175w and 203w bricks can be connected.
Pegged power socket + No HDMI = Xenon
Pegged power socket + HDMI = Zephyr
Pegless power socket + HDMI = Faclon
Pegless power socket + No HDMI = Opus
Xenon/Zephyr
http://farm3.static....a2214ffbe_b.jpg
Falcon/Opus
http://farm3.static....e4b0680f0_b.jpg
Images are not mine (don't know who to credit for them sorry).
Post by: Chimp5000 on August 01, 2008, 12:36:00 AM
Post by: gurgel2 on August 19, 2008, 09:43:00 AM
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Post by: sjlee on November 24, 2008, 01:15:00 PM
Post by: BoNg420 on November 24, 2008, 01:30:00 PM
QUOTE(sjlee @ Nov 24 2008, 03:51 PM)
I just sent my Xenon 360 in because of the RRoD. Assuming I get an Opus 360 back, will I still be able to use the 203W power supply with it?
yes you can, but cant use the 175w with an older system that used 203w